Buddhavagdīsīhāsaniyavagga

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Therāpadāna (1) · Vol. 32 · Section 112

[112] "The Fully Enlightened One (sambuddha), golden-hued, like the hundred-rayed, radiant sun, illuminating all the quarters, like the full moon, the king of stars — attended by his disciples as the earth is by the sea¹ — holding up a nāga flower with its pollen (reṇu), I offered it to Vipassī. In the ninety-first aeon (kappa) from now, since I made worship with that pollen, I know of no bad destination (duggati): this is the fruit of worship of the Buddha (buddhapūjā). Forty-five aeons from now there was a warrior-noble (khattiya) named Reṇu, endowed with the seven treasures (sattaratana), a universal monarch (cakkavatti) of great might. The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and these eight liberations (vimokkha) too, the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) has been fulfilled." Thus indeed did the Venerable Reṇupūjaka the Elder speak these verses. The Apadāna of Reṇupūjaka the Elder is concluded. Summary (uddāna): Bhikkhadāyī, Ñāṇasaññī, Hatthiya, Padapūjaka, Muṭṭhipupphī, Udakada, Naḷamālī, Nidhāvaka,² Biḷālidāyī, and Reṇu; and of verses there are six and sixty. The Bhikkhadāyi Chapter, the Eleventh. The Twelfth Chapter: the Mahāparivāra Chapter (Mahāparivāravagga) First: the Apadāna of Mahāparivāra the Elder (111) [Apparatus of the Siam Raṭṭha edition: ¹ Ma. (Burmese ed.): "sāgareheva". ² Ma.: "upaṭṭhako"; Yu. (European ed.): "nivāsako".]

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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